Gorgritch_umie_killa

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 18 hours ago

Oh great, this shit again. First thing Labor should've done when they came to power federally was revoke that country licensing deal the propagandists at Newscorp got from, was it the Morrison government?? I'm sure Labor waved ot through also though.

 

Dennis Atkins on where Labor has failed to retain the support of the electorate,

  • Repeated promises to deliver that never eventuated.
  • Broad negative community reaction to youth crime.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

A Successful Failure

So, haha, things didn't exactly go to plan. The pack of Karaage mix i had turned out to be over a year put of date, so oops!

Nevermind i said, i've most ingredients anyway, lets muck in!

The karaage mix took ages to make, and was very stodgy, so i ah... took a few shortcuts.

Conclusion

The chicken was cooked well, and tasted ok, but the texture of the coating was a bit rubbery. Not a great result but worth a try :)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Got some of Ginger garlic bok choy soup left iver from last night. Gona try frying some karaage chicken to have alongside it tonight.

Updates might come later, if i don't burn my kitchen down.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

I've come to like notes that are at the end of the book. I find myself irresistibly drawn to read all available footnotes in a book, especially the ones where theres some extra context, but by switching topics like that i lose the thread of the main text, which slows down my already glacial reading :o

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Circular Economy Microfactories (www.thenewdaily.com.au)
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SMaRT @UNSW

Choice quote from the article,

creates economies of purpose.

I haven't had a chance to read [email protected] 's article about the acceptance of sufficiency yet, but i suspect the microfactorie concept pushes our production systems along a similar path.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago

environmental approval changes set to be made, as mentioned in the story. They seem to make the EPA more subject to the political winds of the time, not great for long time horizon administrative organisations.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago

Hehehe, thays good. I see why the hippo design jogged your memory.

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Astrofest (www.astronomywa.net.au)
 

This is a friendly heads up that Perths best festival is coming up in just over a month!

Astrofest!!

  • 5:30pm - 9:30pm
  • Saturday 9th October

The festival usually has an astrophotography comp, star or moon gazing (possibly cloud gazing if we're unlucky), talks, food vans and more.

 

That is actually a really cool industry event to have here in Perth. Did anybody get their wheat on?

 

Thats too close to Freo for me! Looks like i'll be going to Scabs from now on!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Is someone using rhino's? What is that in Quokkas?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I disagree that incrementalism will never lead to systemic change. But i'm a believer that big change is precipitated by ten small changes. Cue Paul Kelly..

I don't feel George Monbiot put his case well. If we take Australia as the example, without the incremental changes we've individually already made its hard to believe that the bigger things we are actually doing now would be as uncontroversial as they are.

The big projects I'm thinking are the many renewables going in around the country. The offshore wind farm in NSW, is maybe the only exception, but even thats not stopping the nation like it might've a decade ago.

Plastic bag bans, container deposit schemes, removal of plastic straws, yellow top recycle bins, FOGO, keep cups, these are all examples of the highly visible incremental changes that, bu their constant presence, demand people rethink a wasteful practice.

I think he's right to say is incrementalism might be too slow. But his other option of waiting for the economic/climate revolution is akin to rolling the dice at a casino you don't own.

 

George Monbiot and hosts Ebony Bennet and Polly Hemming get stuck into neoliberalisms insidious effect on climate, the folly of carbon offsets, and why incrementalism will never lead to systemic change.

As Ebony Bennet says, the discussion leaves you hopeful change could be just arpund the corner.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

Mmmm... thats gona have to be my Friday night plans now you've put it in my head.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Ginger Garlic Noodle Soup w/Bok Choy

Super warming for the rainy day we've had over here in Perth*. *^That deadbeat town over the otherside of the continent ;)^

Recipe Link

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago

Must be the same cooker who was in charge of the Liberal party registrations. Old mates struck again!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago

This report seems relevant to farming regions across Australia.

As farming moves away from certain areas and rewilding occurs, farmers, governments, and peeps in general should be aware that if poorly managed, fire danger could rise.

 

Published: 27 September 2024

Protected areas, drought, and grazing regimes influence fire occurrence in a fire-prone Mediterranean region

Máire Kirkland, Philip W. Atkinson, Sara Aliácar, Deli Saavedra, Mark C. De Jong, Thomas P. F. Dowling & Adham Ashton-Butt

Abstract

Background

Extreme fire seasons in the Mediterranean basin have received international attention due to the damage caused to people, livelihoods, and vulnerable ecosystems. There is a body of literature linking increasingly intense, large fires to a build-up of fuel from rural land abandonment exacerbated by climate change. However, a better understanding of the complex factors driving fires in fire-prone landscapes is needed. We use a global database based on the MODIS Fire CCI51 product, and the Greater Côa Valley, a 340,000-ha area in Portugal, as a case study, to investigate the environmental drivers of fire and potential tools for managing fires in a landscape that has undergone changing agricultural and grazing management.

Results

Between 2001 and 2020, fires burned 32% (1881.45 km2) of the study area. Scrublands proportionally burnt the most, but agricultural land and forests were also greatly impacted. The risk of large fires (> 1 km2) was highest in these land cover types under dry conditions in late summer. Areas with higher sheep densities were more likely to burn, while cattle density had no apparent relationship with fire occurrence. There was also a 15% lower probability of a fire occurring in protected areas.

Conclusion

Future climatic changes that increase drought conditions will likely elevate the risk of large fires in the Mediterranean basin, and abandoned farmland undergoing natural succession towards scrubland will be at particularly high risk. Our results indicate that livestock grazing does not provide a simple solution to reducing fire risk, but that a more holistic management approach addressing social causes and nature-based solutions could be effective in reducing fire occurrence.

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